Is the Exo Terra 100 UVB suitable for leopard geckos? (Reptisun and Arcadia unavailable)

[Minchz]

I am thinking of keeping my leopard gecko in a 80x50x30 cm tank and I was wondering if this bulb by Exo Terra is suitable to use.



I know this is not considered a good brand of UVB and that the Reptisun 5.0 and Arcadia Shadedweller is the recommended brand. However, I live Indonesia, and this is the only available brand in my country (alongside Reptizoo and NomoyPet which are known to be poor brands).

Arcadia is not available and while the Zoomed Reptisun 12"/30 cm 5.0 is available, for some reason no matching fixture is available. I am relunctant to use a generic fixture as the T5 fixture wattage for a 12"/30 cm bulb here is 8w against a 15w bulb. Getting the Arcadia / Zoomed bulb and proper fixture from Amazon is very expensive considering the shipping cost.

Please help me out, would this Exo Terra bulb be fine to use for my gecko?

 

[acpart]

It's not going to hurt them. The question is whether it will provide adequate vitamin D3. Are you able to get calcium and D3 supplements? If so, use the light, use the supplements and everything should be fine.

Aliza

 

[Minchz]

It's not going to hurt them. The question is whether it will provide adequate vitamin D3. Are you able to get calcium and D3 supplements? If so, use the light, use the supplements and everything should be fine.

Aliza

Yes, I do have calcium with D and calcium without D3 available alongside multivitamin. Although if the light does not provide adequate D3 then would it be pointless? Would using both the light and the supplements still yield significantly better results than using only the supplements without the light? Thank you!

 

[acpart]

I don't use lights with my leopard geckos (except for ambient light). They are fine with the supplements. My point was, if you're providing the calcium and D3 then you don't have to worry about the output of the lights and they would be useful for your viewing pleasure and for the leopard geckos who happen to like to bask. For that reason, the output isn't an issue, or you could go with ambient light alone.

Aliza